Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

PUAFER006 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Lead an emergency control organisation

Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency PUAFER006 - Lead an emergency control organisation
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to make decisions about the safety of occupants during a facility emergency and to give instructions on the priority order for responding to an emergency incident. It includes leading the preparation of facility emergency response procedures; commanding, controlling and coordinating facility emergency response procedures and responses and concluding the facility emergency incident. Individuals who undertake this work may also act as the primary liaison with emergency services after their arrival.The unit has been developed to cover the facilities as specified in Australian Standard (AS) 3745 and AS4083. For this unit, as covered by AS3745 and AS4083, occupants are people attending a facility on a permanent or temporary basis such as an employee, contractor, student or resident, but not a visitor or patient and a facility is a building, structure or workplace that is, or may be, occupied by people (occupants).All aspects of the unit must be undertaken in line with legislative requirements, organisational policies and procedures and approved safe practices. It applies to members of an Emergency Control Organisation (ECO) who are chief wardens, deputy chief wardens and communications officers.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field Facility Emergency Response
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Conclude emergency
  • When emergency is safe and/or attending emergency services return control to building owner and/or manager ECO members are notified about when occupants can return to the facility
  • Process for occupants to return to the facility is implemented, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
  • Reinstatement of emergency systems is reported to building owner and/or manager
  • Information for debriefing is provided and it is organised in a timely manner
  • Report is compiled for emergency planning committee and management, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
  • Documentation is filed, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
       
Element: Prepare for an emergency in a facility
  • Possible emergency situations in a facility are identified
       
Element: Information on developments and characteristics of possible facility emergency situations is gathered, assessed, analysed and applied, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
       
Element: Emergency actions for facility emergency is identified, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
       
Element: Undertake pre-emergency planning
  • Emergency planning committee meetings, training and exercises are attended
       
Element: Regular exercises are conducted
       
Element: Facility emergency response procedures are maintained and updated
       
Element: Emergency control organisational membership information is maintained and updated
       
Element: Take appropriate actions in an emergency
  • Emergency signals and warnings are identified or initiated
       
Element: Action is taken to ensure emergency stations are attended and operated, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
       
Element: Emergency is assessed and the action plan is initiated, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
       
Element: Entry to affected areas is controlled, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
       
Element: Directions are given, decisions are made appropriate to the situation and others are kept informed
       
Element: Evacuation progress is monitored and action taken is recorded
       
Element: Reports of areas affected by the emergency are received or requested
       
Element: Attending emergency services are briefed on their arrival and senior emergency services officer instructions are followed
  • When emergency is safe and/or attending emergency services return control to building owner and/or manager ECO members are notified about when occupants can return to the facility
       
Element: Process for occupants to return to the facility is implemented, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
       
Element: Reinstatement of emergency systems is reported to building owner and/or manager
       
Element: Information for debriefing is provided and it is organised in a timely manner
       
Element: Report is compiled for emergency planning committee and management, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
       
Element: Documentation is filed, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
       

Submission Requirements

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here

Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
When emergency is safe and/or attending emergency services return control to building owner and/or manager ECO members are notified about when occupants can return to the facility 
Process for occupants to return to the facility is implemented, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures 
Reinstatement of emergency systems is reported to building owner and/or manager 
Information for debriefing is provided and it is organised in a timely manner 
Report is compiled for emergency planning committee and management, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures 
Documentation is filed, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures 
Possible emergency situations in a facility are identified 
 
 
Emergency planning committee meetings, training and exercises are attended 
 
 
 
Emergency signals and warnings are identified or initiated 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When emergency is safe and/or attending emergency services return control to building owner and/or manager ECO members are notified about when occupants can return to the facility 
 
 
 
 
 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

PUAFER006 - Lead an emergency control organisation
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PUAFER006 - Lead an emergency control organisation

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